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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
How to ACQUIRE Strength.

The following sensible sermon for
Young women, from the Advance, may
be benefcially applied, and it is for that
reason we give it place in our columns:
"The young women of the present
generation that one meets on Fifth ave
nue. and upper broadway are as rosy,
healthy and symmetrically developed as
English girls, although they still retain
their elear-cut beauty Of features and
slender hands and feet. The reason of
this perfect physical development is
traced to the private gymnasiums of the
city, where almost every branch OF ath-
letics is taught And for the past ff-
teen years these gymnasiums have in
creased in number. Every private
school of any prominence has one, and
in many homes of private residents a
room on the top floor is fitted up with a
spring board, horizontal bars, pulleys,
weights and other athletic furniture,
and here the daughters of the house
spend many hours.
"a leader of fashion, in speaking of
the matter said, You know that soci-
ETY. woman needs good figure to appear
to advantage at entertainments, and she
has found that regular course of gym
nasties will do more to make her arms
round, her neck graceful and her car
riage stately than any course of dancing
lessons
Many mothers train their daughters
at home, ond most of the bellies of a sea
son 60 through regular drill for years
before their debut. One lady living on
Madison avenue, has her three daugh-
ters come to her every morning at 10
O'Clock. They wear regular gymnasium
suits of dark-blue flannel, consisting of a
blouse and skirt and Turkish trousers OF
| flannel, shoes without heels and short
sleeves.
| Each girl takes corner of the room,
her face turned toward it, her heels
placed together and her hands fiat on
either side of the wall just even with
i her shoulders. Then, as the mother
counts, they bend forward, the shoul
ders going beyound the hands, which
are kept firm and bracing them back
ward The feet are Kept in the first po
sition. After the body has been swayed
| to and fro hundred times the maiden:
are permitted to rest. They are as erecl
as if drilled in the regular army
and this is due to the old-fashioned ex-
| ercise.
The next exercise, also one employed
by our grand-mothers, is carrying pal
of water on the head and one In either
hand across the room without spilling {
drop. This gives graceful pose to ths
head and shoulders, which is noticeable
in the lower order of Italian women
who are obliged to carry in this way
These three girls can all accomplish th'
difficult feat, but it has taken them year
/ to learun
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Cow. from the Channel Islands.

Considerable confusion EXISTS in the
minds Of many farmers in regard TO the
terms "Alderuey,n - Jersey" and "Guern-
sey'' as applied to cows from the Channel
Islands or their descendants bred in this
country. In a word, they don't quite
know the distinguishing traits between a
so called Jersey COW and an Alderney, for
instance. Properly speaking, an Alderney
COW is one from the island of Alderney or
its direct descendant, just as a Jersey
is, properly speaking, a COW from the
island of Jersey The fact, however, that
the cattle imported from these several
Channel Islands are substantially the same
the islands having a similar appearance
and belonging TO the same geological for
mation-renders it Of small Importance
which name is applied
The fact that but few other than Jer-
seys are imported to this country from the
Channel Islands has naturally encouraged
the use of the term Jersey for the Chan
mel Islands cows and their descendants.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
A MOTHERS PRAYER.

/ climbed ul to the garret yesterday,
And there beneath the rafterz, grey
And thickly festooned with the flmy store
OF thrifty spiders, on the darkened floor
Where one lone ray of sunlight, stealing
through,
Gave to the floating dust golden hue,
found my baby's shoe.
A little worn out shoe, long years out
grown
And cast aside, but, oh, the tone
OF ringing laughter that it waited back
In silyery cadences along the track
OF vanished years, whose shadows inter
vene
Between the then and now Again,
seem
To see his blue eyes gleam.
Again hear the tread Of baby feet,
The busy, restless little feet,
That oft repeat their journeyings DER and
A curious pilgrimage, from hearth to
Again 1 see the CLINT of golden hair,
Like prisoned sunshine caught in meshes
there
About his brow 80 fair.
But years have trodden swift their meas
ured beat,
And now my boy whose infant feet
My busy footsteps followed here and there,
Stands on young manhood's threshold ;
bright and fair
The promise of the future will he tread
The straight and narrow way when flowers
that shed
Their fragrance there are dead?
Will he still follow, to my footsteps true,
As eagerly, he used to do?
! cannot tell; but, ere the whitened rime
Has gathered thiekly on the banks OF
time,
And while beside its rapid stream appears
Some starry flowers of my girlhood's
years,
Ny prayer, Oh, Father, hear
And grant that from Thine own appointed
way
His wayward feet may never stray;
But, with childlike faith that, trusting
still
Thy guidance, though the way be good or
i'll,
May he, triumphant stand, when lie IS
DER
| Among the ransomed on the shining
Shore"
Thy child forevermore.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Thin shelIed Eggs.

II the egg shells are thin it is sign that
lime is lacking in the food, or often, if
this occurs in winter, that fowls cannot
get to the ground TO fill their gizzards
with gravel needed to digest food properly.
Leghorn hens and other persistent layers
generally have very thin shelled eggs des-
pite all precautions in feeding. Many
losses Of eggs while undergoing incuba-
tion occur from this cause. To prevent
eggs from being thin shelled it is better to
give milk and wheat middlings mixed
rather than rely on fowls eating a suffi-
cheney of lime in any form. If egg shells
are fed they should be pounded so fine
that all appearance of the egg viii be de-
stroyed. More fowls learn TO eat eggs
from having nearly whole shells thrown
to them to peck at than from any other
cause.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Talented but Lazy.

The town is full of talented girls
who viii never amount to anything be-
cause they are so well content with be-
ing simply talented. These girls will
never be able to take prominent
place in any profession or circle in So
ciety because they lack the industry
without which all the talent under the
sun is not worth a copper groat. Talent
is the unhewn block of marble, in
dustry is the chisel that may convert it
to the perfect statue. The philosophic
writer of ''Our Picayunes' says that
industry beats genius at everything ex-
cept the making of real poetry. Talent
ed girls who are too lazy to accomplish
anything except by inspiration are Of
ten not only the victims of their own
false idea that talent is better than de-
yeloped muscle, or trained mind, or
methodical work, but of the ill-advised
praise of relatives and friends. A
smart girl wants encouragement, not
merely praise. She wants that sort of
encouragement that if she wills to work
she can be and do something that is
great, and noble, and possible to human
endeavor. Many a smart girl remains
a slouch and smatterer all her DAYS
because of the exaggerated ideas of Der
own ability, not capability, she receives
from those who should have known
better. A talented girl of Is can play
| the piano, but not well enough to keep
the honest attention of a roomful of
| people. She can dabble in paints, but
not well enough to make her pictures
worth framing. She can write ro-
mances, but none good enough for
publication. These are her possibili-
ties. They speak fairly well for her at
| Is, and friends predict brilliant
future for her. But at 19 and 20 she
neither plays. nor paints. nor writes
any better than she did at Is. She has
| spent her days in idle. ambitious
dreamings of what she would like to
do. Her mind runs sluggishly, she is
drunk with the stupor of laziness. She
| is an enormous reader of novels. but
| finds even the magazines .stoo solemn
| for her mind and taste. Victimized by
| home adulation she has quit her piano
practicing, neglected her studies. aban-
| doned her drawing-book, and she ends
BY doing nothing at all. Her mother
has loved her too well to allow her to
make n bed. sweep room, keep up
any routine of duties or studies. and
the result is failure. Admiring friends
fall off, sorry and disgusted. A lazy
young woman is as unlovely sight as
slovenly one. A girl of IS, talent
ed girl, needs at her elbow a mother OF
guardian who shall increasingly and
earnestly inspire her with an ambition
to take always and ever an upward
step.-Nesc Orleans Picdgfxne
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

To CURE HORSE OF KIcKISG.-The
Calistogian gives this prescription its
warmest endorsement: If you have a
horse that is in the habit Of kicking, put
him in a narrow stall that has both sides
thickly padded. Suspend sack filed
with hay or straw so that it will strike
his heels, and let horse and sack fight it
out. Be snre to have things arranged 50
that the horse cannot hurt himself. The
sack win be victorious every time, and
in the end the horse will absolutely
refuse to kick the sack or anything
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Waterinp Cows

Some people seem to think if cows get
water once day it is all they need; but
that is not enough, unless they are living
on succulent food, such as roots or ensil-
age. Cattle are their own best judges of
their need of water, and they do best
when they have their option about using
It, When they drink but once day they
overload with it, to their injury. Taking
IN an oversupply of cold water chills the
stomach and occasions discomfort and
pain, and, what is worse, stops digestion
TIL the contents of the stomach, by slow
degrees, warm up again.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
THE HARDEST FATE.

The Nihilist, doomed in Siberian vast
To live in his exile gloom,
MAY possibly think he is fated TO taste
The cup of bitterest DOOM
The slave who works for another's gain,
The captive held by his foe,
The sufferer racked by his bed of pain,
And the beggar in want and woe;
The grief of all these men combined.
Can never amount 20 the sum
Of the awful grief, condensed, refined,
OF the man with musical chum.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

1t is simply composed of two planks
foot or less in width, attached to each
other by closed iron hooks. They are
hung at the front end to the middle of the
manger, and at the other they are swung
to joist overhead, by means of a rod or
strong rope The attachment should be
so made that the back end can be let
down, should horse get his leg over the
flexible partition. Being movable, and a
foot or more above the floor, it is much
less in the way while caring for the team
than is the common stationary division
u.ar.a.. Irn...r
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Fertil,zer. for stravb.rries.

Many market gardeners contend that
strawberry plants designed for shipment
and long keeping ought to be treated TO
dressing of some chemical fertilizer which
has plenty of potash in it. One of the
best combinations to apply TO patch now
is muriate of potash and bone dust. Light
dressings of nitrate of soda are also bene-
fical Mr.. f. p. Roe reports good results
where these fertilizers have been applied
along the rows close TO the plants. He
also uses wood ashes with advantage.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

A HALF acre of Louisiana ground
planted in artichokes is worth from $500
to $1,000. Artichokes sell readily at
from forty cents to seyenty-hve cents
dozen. often more. 1t is good indus
try for women who have garden room.
Since the subject has been agitated IN
this column, several ladies have deter
mined to try the cultivation on their
ground, and are preparing to set up a.
practical florists and gardeners There
Is no reason why any enterprising wo.
man encared in this pursuit should not
earn good money at it. A list of remu-
nerative, cultivatable vegetables and
flowers that can be grown in this coun'
try reads like fairy lore, and it is well to
know that some smart women are goine
to test the business in thoroughly
practical fashion.-New Orleans Pics
yune.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Sugar by the Dirusion Process.

Commissioner of Agriculture Colman
has recently made visit to Louisiana to
investigate the field for experiments in
cane sugar making by the diffusion pro-
cess. He speaks highly of the mammoth
plantation of Governor Warmoth, which
has been selected for the work, and says
that, if the experiments in Louisiana are
successful, the planters will be enabled to
compete successfully with the beet sugar
interests beyond a doubt. Cane which
would ordinarily yield eighty pounds to
the ton win yield 140 pounds under the
new DrOcaGS
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Ifnseed Meal

The difference between new and old
process Enseed meal at present is that
the new process contains about 10
per cent less of the oil. The new
process, some years ago, contained 10
per cent. Of oil when pressed in thick
cakes, but Of late it is pressed in very thin
cakes, and with the perfection of ma
chinery they press out all but or 5 per
cent Of oil. This is all the practical diff
ference between them, and they may be
considered, practically, of the same value
the difference in the value Of the oil
would not, under any circumstances.
amount TO more than six or eight cents
per 100 pounds.-Rural New Yorker.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Horse Pofnt6.

Take care not to overwork horses that
are shedding their coats, and feed them
well; also groom the animals thoroughly.
Horses that have not been worked repu-
lariy during the winter require good care
now.
In measuring a horse or judging Of his
height and size, by sight, see to it that he
stands on level with yourself. Dealers
are liable TO stand a horse, If undersized.
on higher ground, or if diversified, on lower
ground than the intended purchaser.
Reject horse with a big, coarse head;
do not look a second time at a horse with
either long, slack back or with hollow
back
In many cases horses can 20 without
shoes during the summer with advantage
Movable Horse Stall.
A plan OF n movable division for double
horse stalls is shown in the illustration.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

Notwithstanding the State law
which allows the sale of cider in guam
titles of FIVE gallons and more, but for
bids its sale in less quantities. the
juice of the apple is sold all over the
State of Maine by the glass. and cider
tippling has become great evil,
especially in the country. The Good
Templars of Maine are about to try
and stop this, and viii ask the legisla-
ture to make the law more stringent
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Cattle In Poor Condition.

From hay to grass is a critical time with
cattle, and especially so with young stock.
Turn out the cows and calves on grass or
green rye for a short time only at first,
gradually extending until full pasturage
will be quite safe. Cattle in poor con-
dition will relish and be much benefited
by a waIA bran mash. Treat such cattle
to free use of card and comb, that loose
hair may be removed and the skin stimu-
lated
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

In criticism on Bronson Howard's
new comedy. MET by Chance,- which
recently, for copyright reasons. had
single performance in London. the
Era of that city labors heavily with
American geography. The scene, it
says, is laid on 1.-The shores of Lake
Champlain, in the heart of the Ad-
irondack wilderness at Irvington-on-
Hudson 1t goes on to say that
this Hudson River wilderness can
only be trayersed with the assistance
Of guides
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

Lady-"You have houses for rent?"
Real-estate agent-.Yes; here is one
list of about 150." Lady-"Do you
think you can give me one that will
suit me?" Real-estate eman-s.Madame,
/ don't believe can, but possibly can
give you one that viii suit your hus-
band "-P Pittsbisrg Dispatch
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

Boy-aTeacher, / wish you would
make that girl quit winking at me-
TeacherS"Why don't You look some
where else 7"
aBecause if / do she'll wink 1t some
other boy.n-Texas Siftings.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Among the Bees.

A correspondent in The American Bee
Journal, who uses an eight frame Langs-
troth hive for comb honey, tells how he
makes a section case of the same material,
and OF the size of the hive for surplus
honey
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

For this purpose use a butt log of an
oak tree If practicable. The log need not
Of necessity be n very large one, because
the frame in which it is mounted enables
it TO be loaded to any reasonable extent,
and the driver may ride upon it and thus
add to its weight.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

Cows need light, not only for their
own health and comfort, but because
cood butter cannot be made from the
milk Of cows kept in dark stable; air,
cleanliness, light and warmth are tour
essentials for stables, where COWS are
kept for profit.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

The following beautiful little poem,
founded upon an actual occurrence, is by
Mrs. A. r. Fox, and was her contribution
to the Press Convention
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Great Changes.

Kansas City Mani suppose you've
never been in Kansas City, have your
Omaha Mani was there last week. !"
aLast week. Oh, but you ought to see
it Omaha World.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08

SIDE-sADDLEs were first used in Eng
land in 1888. Up to that time ladies rode
on horseback just a. the men.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
A HOME MADE SECTION CASE FOR
SURPLUS HONEY.

A Movable Division for Double Horse
staiIs-Thin SheIIed Eggs-A Substantial
and Ecohsmical Contriyance In Form
of "a Field Roller.
When economy is a necessity the farmer
must use many home made contrivances
in way of labor saving machines. Our
cut illustrates field roller that may be
easily made and with almost no expense.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
Movable Horse Stall.

A plan of a movable division for double
horse stalls is shown in the illustration.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02
How Sea Captains Grow Rich
Boston Advertier

1t is often a source of yonda-
many ship captains amass large To-. 20
build palatial residences, and settla ' =
after a life of hardship and expo.n. Wv
the seers and prophets of their n'a q
villages. TO be sure, since the So-
high freights and vast profits OF ~ r y.
Indian trade, when vessel freona-''
paid for herself in one voyage. fews,
portunitles are afforded to owna,, y
captains to accumulate fortunes v;th
rapidity of former days. Still ths,s -
methods by which the crafty comronS -
of the ship is enable to pick IN ~
stray dollars. The law provides tba, 4
captain of every ship shall rroyi3s \
''slop-chest," containg boots, eilsLi.
socks, underclothing, etc, to be sols
the sailors, including goodly supnlv y.
tobacco. The law also provides thai Al
profits of the captain from the sales AM
be limited to 10 per cent. This. hone
is rarely enforced and the CAPTAIN A.
poses of tobacco that cost 30 cest,
pound for rs cents, 81, and often n a
The other contents of the slop-chest n.
also doled ont to the sailors, with VIII
il is a case of Hobson's choice. at eno.,-
Gus profits to the captains pocket csr
tains also have peculiar fondnass q.
commissions, and when lying at mn.
the butcher, the ship-chandler and 4.
bum-boatman all willingly agree to p.-
a certain percentage of the money rece1
ed from the ship for TIE sake of obtain.
ing the trade. Money has to be hired M
meet the bills; AID here, too, the iper
able commission jing'es in the pockets N
the master of the ship, at sea an antoe,,,
on shore an object of adulation. Vessel,
in distress are often obliged to hire lar,,
sums of money to meet the expenses M
repairing, and part of the interest nail
and the large bonuses of the advances,
find their way into the ever-open pocket
of the crafty mariner. As an illustrate,
the writer was on board ship, the secori
mate OF which was to be discharged a. I,
foreign port. The captain in making IN
the accounts ready to be submitted to tts
consul, found ne had been charging t,
mate 20 cents per pound for tobacco
"Ihose fellows on shore will get all bsI
money, anyhow said he, "and / reckon
might as well have part of it." Accord
ingly tobacco was entered in the bill Sl
per pound, and the other items of the se
count were increased in like proportion
From this short account it will be see,
that captains still have Opportunities TO
make a little money "on the outside
The amounts made by some by smugg
ing soon enable them to retire from he
sea and live q life of ease.